a field guide to African stock markets
**Feature photo by Mutua Matheka** Back in June, we looked at ways to invest on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange through US discount brokers. Some intrepid readers may now be wondering how to buy shares on Africa’s smaller stock markets. Samuel Gichohi is a Senior Research Analyst at NIC Securities, a [...]
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Whenever I travel to Africa, I always make sure to leave plenty of space in my suitcase. I’m not reserving room for souvenirs. No. This nerd is saving space for any annual reports and financial statements that I manage to beg, steal, or borrow during my visit. You see, tracking [...]
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Michael Abrahams knows banking. Since receiving his PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley, he has helped craft bank policy in Washington, analyzed bank financials on Wall Street, served on the boards of financial institutions, and advised a village-level savings and loan association in Uganda. Now he’s putting his extensive expertise [...]
Read More...Few mutual funds consistently beat the market because their fees tend to counteract any expertise that their managers bring to the table. But if consistent outperformance through active management is possible, it’s most likely to be possible in Africa. Why? Because the continent is arguably home to the world’s most [...]
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I’m a big fan of the folks at Van Eck Global. They’re making frontier stock markets more accessible than ever before. Over the past three years, the money manager has launched exchange-traded funds (ETFs) covering Colombia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. It also set up the most diversified African ETF, the Market [...]
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Setting up African brokerage accounts isn’t a whole lot of fun. In fact, it can be downright tedious. So I try to avoid the process as much as possible and content myself with the ever-expanding universe of South African stocks available in the form of ADRs, ETFs, and OTC listings. [...]
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IBM’s presence in Africa dates back more than 50 years, but it’s a much different company now than it was back then. Big Blue has evolved from a computer manufacturer into a one-stop IT solution, well-suited to the African context. Got an inefficient power grid? They can help with that. Is your bank’s computer network slow as molasses? They can fix that, too.
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Africa tends to capture the hearts of its guests. It happened to me soon after stepping off an airplane into the chilly mountain air of Lesotho 14 years ago. My three-year sojourn as a volunteer in the country changed me into a certifiable Afrophile. Upon my return stateside, I sought [...]
Read More...If you’re like me, the mere mention of the term “Pink Sheets” induces skepticism. There’s good reason for this. The Pink Sheets are essentially unregulated. Trade volumes are thin. And financial information can be skimpy. But while buying stock on the over-the-counter market is certainly not for the faint of [...]
Read More...South Africa gets a bit less attention today than it did in the heady days leading up to the World Cup. But investors would do well not to let the country fall off their radar. Why? No other country is as widely engaged in the Sub-Saharan economy than South Africa. [...]
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